Transform Toolpath

[Travis Adam]

Hello everyone

 

I have been reading the forum for a while now but this is my first post. Thanks alot to everyone for this forum, has helped me alot. Answers most of my questions before I even know to ask them.

 

Now my problem, I need to mill 3, 60 degree pockets 120 degree's from each other on a 7 inch diamater part. I am useing a vmc with a 4th axis rotary. I have a toolpath that mills the first pocket perfectly, and the output from my post is exactly what I want. When I transform this path around the part for the next two pockets, they look correct on the screen, backplot correctly and verify correctly. Next I post the code, and I get three identical sets of code all with the same rotary movements. Is this a post problem? or have I gone astray somewhere?

 

Thanks

[Kannon]

In your code are you getting a different work offset number between the transforms?

by the way..Welcome to the forum!

[Travis Adam]

thanks for the welcome

 

Its not changing the work offset between transforms. I think we will have to add offset changes to work around this for now.

[Kannon]

Have you tried to run this yet? and are you getting the A120., and A240. in your code?

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

You have to transform roate about the Side view (if rotary is about X). No hand editing of code necessary if you ahve a 4-Axis post. If you are transforming in the right view, about the right point, you'll get what you need.

 

HTH

[Travis Adam]

Kannon,

Have not run it yet, but the code does not have the A120, or A240 at all.

 

CNC apps guy,

Thats exactly how I transformed the toolpath. Im conviced its a post problem although my post has worked fine for 4th axis in the past.

[Kannon]

Is your tranform method by toolplane or coordinate...

should be tool plane to get the A to show up.